Overview
- PC Scott Thompson, 32, is charged with causing Rachael Louise Moore’s death by careless driving after a police car struck her in Liverpool in 2022.
- He appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court, entered a not guilty plea, and chose a jury trial at Minshull Street Crown Court.
- The officer was released on unconditional bail, with the case listed for a hearing in early January.
- The collision happened on Sheil Road in Kensington shortly after 8pm as the officer responded to an unrelated emergency call, and Moore was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Merseyside Police referred the incident to the IOPC, whose investigation led to a CPS-authorised charge, as tributes highlighted Moore’s work as a carer and studies at Liverpool Hope University.